For now, links to TWELVE-plus reports, analyses, interviews and commentaries (22): from the Associated Press, ScheerPost, Consortium News, Middle East Eye, the Cradle, National Public Radio, and Indian Punchline; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials as highlighted. (Scroll down for IRAN 4-8-26 and today’s LEBANON so far.) — MCM
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Ceasefire in the Iran war teeters in the face of disagreements over Lebanon and the Strait of Hormuz, by Jon Gambrell and Elena Becatoros | AP DUBAI — A tentative ceasefire in the Iran war staggered today under the weight of Israel’s intense bombardment of Beirut, Tehran’s continued chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, and uncertainty over whether negotiators can find common ground on a range of other differences. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others; and HERE for AP “live updates” on Iran war and ceasefire.
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Why the ceasefire is doomed, by Chris Hedges | ScheerPost It is highly unlikely, unfortunately, that the ceasefire agreement brokered by Pakistan will endure. This is due to two principal impediments. READ MORE . . .
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FROM APRIL 8 Day 40: Netanyahu says Iran war is not over, by Joe Lauria | Consortium News Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that the two-week truce is not “the end of the war” but a “stop on the way to achieving all our goals.” READ MORE . . .
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FROM APRIL 8 U.S. and Iran may have to talk ‘as guns are firing,’ by Sean Mathews | Middle East Eye The U.S. was racing to salvage a ceasefire with Iran on Wednesday that appeared to collapse as a result of deadly Israeli attacks on Lebanon and an unclaimed strike on an energy facility on Iran’s Lavan Island. READ MORE . . .
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FROM APRIL 8 Trump’s ‘Apocalypse Now’ is a busted flush. Iran proved it and China knows it, by David Hearst | Middle East Eye If Netanyahu’s genocidal campaign in Gaza spelt the end of Israel’s moral authority over Europe, the war on Iran could have the same effect on Israel’s monopoly over Washington’s policymaking in the Middle East. READ MORE . . .
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FROM APRIL 8 Iran to boycott Islamabad talks with U.S. if Israeli strikes on Lebanon persist: report. From the Cradle. The Islamic Republic of Iran has told Pakistani mediators that it will not attend the talks with Washington in Islamabad this week unless there is a ceasefire in Lebanon, according to sources speaking to the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday following massive and deadly Israeli strikes on the Lebanese capital, Beirut. READ MORE . . .
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Trump warns strikes will resume if Iran doesn’t agree to his peace terms. | NPR President Trump said late Wednesday that U.S. forces deployed in the Middle East will “remain in place” until an agreement is reached with Iran, and its implementation takes hold. READ MORE . . .
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Expert discusses whether the war has made Iran’s regime stronger. Steve Inskeep
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The truce in the U.S.’s Iran war is fragile, by M.K. Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline The incredible blunder of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel just two days before the vicious U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran played into the hands of Pakistan’s diplomacy, which has been on the rise since then in West Asian politics. It is culminating this weekend in . . . READ MORE . . .
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Big oil cashed in while war sent prices soaring. From ScheerPost. A new analysis reported by the Wall Street Journal found that oil and gas executives sold off a staggering $1.4 billion in stock as Donald Trump’s war on Iran sent energy markets into chaos and pushed fuel prices higher. The sell-off, involving executives from Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Diamondback Energy, Baker Hughes, and other major firms, reached a 15-year peak. READ MORE . . .
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FROM APRIL 8 What has the U.S. war with Iran accomplished? by Scott Neuman and Greg Myre | NPR President Trump’s goals for the war with Iran included putting an end to the country’s nuclear program, destroying its military capabilities and creating regime change. READ MORE . . .
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FROM APRIL 8 Ceasefire is threatened as Israel expands Lebanon strikes and Iran closes strait again, by Bassem Mroue, Jon Gambrell, Samy Magdy and Sam Metz | AP TEHRAN — A ceasefire deal to pause the war in Iran appeared to hang by a thread Wednesday after the Islamic Republic closed the Strait of Hormuz again in response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon. The White House demanded . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others; and HERE for AP “live updates” on Iran war and ceasefire.
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FROM APRIL 8 The ceasefire agreement — what happens next. Reported by Greg Myre and Mara Liasson |NPR A ceasefire appears to be holding in the Iran war, but now several critical issues have to be negotiated. They include the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the fate of Iran’s nuclear program. Click HERE to listen and read; and HERE for links to all four Iran war-related reports from NPR’s “All Things Considered” Wednesday.
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